hollowed

past tense of hollow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollowed
Verb
  • While analyzing over 300 skeletal remains excavated in northwestern Rome, a team of paleontologists found that the bones belong to a gigantic ancestor of today’s elephant.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
  • His aristocratic tastes are reflected in his various building projects, the remains of which have been excavated.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Successive hurricanes had gouged a hole in the Sunshine State, leaving several private carriers insolvent — and leaving hundreds of thousands of their customers with no choice but Citizens.
    Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But a low spot in the ocean, a channel gouged down into the sand on the ocean surface, or a break in a sandbar, can disrupt that flow and push water through the spot to create a current much more powerful than the surrounding flow.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • After a sacrifice bunt and Sears’ eighth strikeout — one shy of a season high — the 29-year-old left-hander grooved a middle-in sweeper for Blaine Crim to yank out to left, some 439 feet from the plate.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • With its signature grooved aluminum shell, Rimowa’s spinners are both a fashion statement and a piece of travel engineering.
    Julie Loffredi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For instance, Bolsonaro’s flunkies penetrated the government agency that handled film distribution.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The 225-grain handload had not penetrated the skull, but had probably torn through jaw muscles and ranged into the neck.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Hollowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowed. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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